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title: Kelley Drye Attorneys Named 2024 New York Metro Super Lawyers and Rising Stars (Thomson Reuters)
date: 2024-10-28T15:01:00-04:00
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# Kelley Drye Attorneys Named 2024 New York Metro Super Lawyers and Rising Stars (Thomson Reuters)

  October 28, 2024

 

 

 

 

 

 

New York Metro *Super Lawyers* 2024, a peer-ranked guide to lawyers who exemplify excellence in the practice of law, has recognized Kelley Drye lawyers as top practitioners. The lawyers recognized were selected based on peer recognition and professional accomplishments, including verdicts and settlements, transactions, representative clients, experience and honors and awards, among other criteria.

Each year, Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters business, undertakes research to identify each state’s ​“Super Lawyers” – those the publisher deems are among the state’s top 5 percent with regard to ​“peer recognition and professional achievement.”

**The following New York-based Kelley Drye attorneys were selected by Super Lawyers:**

[Robert D. Bickford Jr.](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/robert-d-bickford-jr)

[Andrea L. Calvaruso](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/andrea-l-calvaruso)

[James S. Carr](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/james-s-carr)

[Jonathan K. Cooperman](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/jonathan-k-cooperman)

[Robert E. Crotty](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/robert-e-crotty)

[William A. Escobar](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/william-a-escobar)

[William S. Gyves](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/william-s-gyves)

[Robert L. Haig](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/robert-l-haig)

[Barbara E. Hoey](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/barbara-e-hoey)

[Mark A. Konkel](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/mark-a-konkel)

[Robert L. LeHane](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/robert-l-lehane)

[Blythe Lovinger](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/blythe-e-lovinger)

[Michael C. Lynch](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/michael-c-lynch)

[Neil Merkl](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/neil-merkl)

[Sandra L. Musumeci](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/sandra-l-musumeci)

[Philip D. Robben](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/philip-d-robben)

[Robert I. Steiner](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/robert-i-steiner)

[Eric R. Wilson](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/eric-r-wilson)

[David I. Zalman](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/david-i-zalman)

**In addition, Kelley Drye attorneys were named New York Metro area ​“Rising Stars” by Super Lawyers – a prestigious list comprised of no more than 2.5 percent of lawyers in the state.**

[Phillip S. Crain](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/phillip-s-crain)

[Levi M. Downing](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/levi-m-downing)

[Richard Gage](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/richard-gage)

[Genna S. Steinberg](https://www.kelleydrye.com/people/genna-s-steinberg)

 

 

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